Apple to resume iPhone online sales in Germany after suspension of injunction-Report

TT Correspondent | | 04 Feb 2012

Apple Inc said it will resume sale of its all iPad and iPhone models in Germany after it was granted suspension of the injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December, according to Reuters.

"All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple''s online store in Germany shortly," Reuters quoted Apple spokesman Alan Hely as saying.

He declined to say when exactly the sales would resume. Motorola was not immediately available for comment. A regional German court in Mannheim ruled on Dec. 9 that Apple Sales International -- the European sales subsidiary of Apple in Cork, Ireland -- must stop selling or distributing mobile devices that infringe certain Motorola cellular communications patents.

That forced Apple to stop briefly the sale of iPhone 3G and 4 models and 3G/UMTS-based iPads on its German online store on Friday.

Motorola Mobility has said it had been negotiating with Apple and offering the company "reasonable licensing terms and conditions since 2007."